1. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations Lutherans and Other Denominations WELCOME Please complete the test while waiting for class to start.

2. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations 1. Complete as percent of population (2007): World USA Christians Jews Muslim Hindu Non-Religious Lutherans and Other Denominations 33 0.2 21 14 16 78 1.7 0.6 0.4 16

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6. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations 2. Complete as percent of Christians: World USA Protestant Catholic Orthodox Other Lutherans and Other Denominations 24 50 11 14 65 30 0.7 3

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9. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations Lutherans and Other Denominations RankChristian Protestant Baptist Church of Christ Eastern Orthodox Episcopal Jehovah Witness Latter Day Saints Lutheran Methodist Pentecostal Presbyterian Roman Catholic 2 9 11 8 10 7 4 3 5 6 1

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12. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations Lutherans and Other Denominations RankChristian Protestant Baptist Church of Christ Eastern Orthodox Episcopal Jehovah Witness Latter Day Saints Lutheran Methodist Pentecostal Presbyterian Roman Catholic 2 9 11 8 10 7 4 3 5 6 1

13. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations 4. Religious bodies in N. America: Lutheran bodies in the world: Lutheran bodies in the US: Lutherans and Other Denominations 250 9

14. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations 5. Lutherans believe we are saved by: grace through faith. For it is by grace you have been save through faith – and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God – not by works, so that no one can boast. Ephesians 2:8-9 Lutherans and Other Denominations

15. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations 6. Three bases of Lutheran doctrine: Sola Lutherans and Other Denominations Gratia(Grace Alone) Fide(Faith Alone) Scriptura(Scripture Alone)

16. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations 7. Lutheran sacraments: Lutherans and Other Denominations Baptism Lord’s Supper

17. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations Lutherans and Other Denominations Lutherans in America 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 First Synod General Synod

18. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations 9. LCMS Founder: Lutherans and Other Denominations C F W Walther

19. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations Lutherans and Other Denominations Lutherans in America 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 AELC LCMS First Synod General Synod

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21. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations Lutherans and Other Denominations Lutherans in America 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 1750 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 ALC Iowa Synod Buffalo Synod Ohio Synod ELC (Norwegian) ELCA First Synod General Synod Augustana (Swe, Nor) Suomi Synod (Finnish) AmELC (Danish) LCA General Synod General Council United Synod In the South ULCA AELC LCMS

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24. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations Size Age Conservative LCMS ELCA WELS Lutherans and Other Denominations 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 3 1

26. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations 10. LCMS and ELCA differences: Lutherans and Other Denominations History and Background Interdenominational Cooperation Bible Interpretation Lutheran Confessions

27. Class materials are available at www.biblestoriesforadults.com/denominations Next Week: Ancient Traditions Roman Catholic Eastern Orthodox Lutherans and Other Denominations